CTV News reports one of the officers involved, Const. Edgardo Diaz-Rodriguez, pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm. He was sentenced to 12 months probation on June 24.

“One has to imagine that if any of us were at the SkyTrain station and took out batons and started to hit someone in this way that many times we would most likely be looking at jail time,” Josh Paterson, executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, told Global News.

Diaz-Rodriguez was moved to administrative duties and receives an annual salary of around $90,000. The other officer involved in the incident, Michael Hughes, left the force the year after the attack.

The victim, a former UBC football player, said in a statement he could feel the strikes of the baton on his body like "the thud of a drum," according to CTV News.

"Looking down at my feet trying to protect my face I saw lots of blood pour from out my head. That instant I became fearful of my life," he said.